Salam! One of my passions is food and as I learn about other cultures, I try to learn about their cuisines. Whenever I travel, I prefer to live with the people and not in the tourist areas so I can learn more about them and about their customs and cuisines. Here are some of my favorite foods from home and from around the world that I have tried along the way.

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Inspiration for Recipes

I have traveled to Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean. I also studied Japanese through high school and college in addition to Arabic and Hebrew. I tutored many students from Ethiopia. I am Guatemalan and my grandparents are originally from Sicily and Spain. I am very health conscious and love to study about the properties of food and nutrition. I have a sweet tooth and love bread, but I try to balance my diet by including in it a wide variety of healthy foods and excluding things from my diet as much as I can that do not provide me with any health benefits like processed and fast foods. I also try to eat organic as much as I can. I love to bake and make desserts, but I try to make up for that by keeping the processed sugar content low and keep busy with exercise and a lot of outdoor activity. I avoid alcohol and sweetened drinks except for homemade smoothies or fresh squeezed juices. These are some of the sources of inspiration for the foods I include in this blog.

About Me

I study Islamic Studies and International Business at the university, and enjoy studying political science and languages as well. On my free time I study Arabic, Hebrew, and religion. I am Guatemalan and American.I am also Spanish, Italian Scottish and German. I also speak Spanish, Japanese, and Italian. I love to learn about other cultures. I also love to learn about nutrition and fitness. I am very active in sports, outdoor activities and exercise, and flamenco dance class. I am fascinated with my country, Guatemala, it is such a beautiful place, full of variety and rich culture and history, especially the Maya. I LOVE to cook and I try to have a well-balanced diet. Someday I also hope to learn Amharic, Persian (Farsi), and Aramaic and I hope to travel to all of the middle east and Ethiopia, Japan, and Sicily.